What is the Multifarious Wisdom of God For in Ephesians 3:10?

     Have you ever wondered what the multifarious wisdom of God is?  Ephesians 3:10 is an amazing verse:  In order that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenlies might be made known through the church the multifarious wisdom of God. When I was reading chapter 31 of Life-Study of Ephesians, it made me think why to them?  It's because God's wisdom is made known particularly to the evil rulers and authorities in the heavenlies (See Ephesians 6:12).  

     I learned from reading in the Life-Study of Genesis that when Satan rebelled against God before the creation of Adam (Isaiah 14), he took one-third of the angels with him.  You can check this out in Revelation 12:4.  It was hard for me to choose what excerpts I liked the most in this message, but here goes This is from pages 268, 270, and 272 : 

The Church is composed of those who once were ruined, corrupted, and damaged.  Before we were saved, we were vipers, poisonous serpents. Furthermore, we were dead in trespasses and sins....Nevertheless, God in His wisdom is able to make us the church...The church is God's greatest boast...Sometimes God may say, 'Look, Satan, I have taken the very people whom you have ruined, and I have made them into the church. Do you have the wisdom to do such a thing?  You do not have the wisdom, but I have it.' ...Because of His wisdom, God can boast to Satan of what He has done with corrupted and ruined man. Have you ever realized that what we are as believers today is of God's wisdom? (Lee, Witness. Life-Study of Ephesians. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1978, Print.)

At the end of this message he shares that the display of this multifarious wisdom is what makes the church God's masterpiece and how God has the ability to take everything that happens to us--the good, the bad, the ugly--and show forth His wisdom in it to accomplish His purpose. Wow!!  That's what makes Him God!


You can listen to excerpts of  these Ephesians Life Study messages on Life Study of the Bible with Witness Lee.

Other blog posts on the Life Study of Ephesians:

What is the Subject of Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians?
What is the Mystery of God's Will Revealed in Ephesians 1:9?
How Does God Head Up All Things in Christ in Ephesians 1:10?
How Does the Spirit Seal us in Ephesians 1:13-14?
What is the Surpassing Greatness of His Power in Ephesians 1:19?
From the Life Study of Ephesians: How Electricity Illustrates God's Purpose to Reach Man
What is the One New Man in Ephesians 2:15?
What is the Stewardship of the Grace of God in Ephesians 3:2?
 What is the Multifarious Wisdom of God For in Ephesians 3:10?
What's God's Calling for in Ephesians 4:1?
What Does It Mean to Learn Christ in Ephesians 4:20?
Seeing the Church as the Bride of Christ in Ephesians 5:32
Seeing the Church as the Warrior in Ephesians 6
How Do We Apply the Armor of God in Ephesians 6?
What are the Seven Aspects of the Church Seen in Ephesians?
Why Did God Abolish the Ordinances in Ephesians 2:15?
Why is the Spirit Mentioned in Every Chapter of Ephesians?